Wrong Side of the Tracks



"What do you mean and it's not mine?" Chandlers asked in a state of shock. Erica looked at him miserably.

"It means that I'm pregnant and it's not yours." She repeated. Chandlers wanted to collapse, but leaned onto the counter for support.

"When did this happen? And who with?" He asked moderately calmly. Erica looked at him sadly.

"It happened about 2 months ago. With John." She said devastatingly.

"You're COWORKER JOHN?" Chandler said, his voice raising. "Why? Why would you do that? Did I not give you enough love? Did I not put you on a high enough of a pedestal?" Chandler asked, pacing. Erica began to cry more.

"I didn't know what I was doing! I was crazy. I love you so much Chandler, and I needed to tell you before I had this baby and you found out yourself. And it's not like you have been all that faithful!" Erica accused. Chandlers did a double take and glared at her.

"What? What does is THAT supposed to mean?" He shouted. Erica folded her arms.

"Monica. I know where you were tonight. You slept with her, didn't you?" She said. Chandler couldn't believe how this was suddenly on him. SHE was the one who cheated. SHE was the one who was now pregnant, and HE was now being blamed for cheating!

"I went over there, but NO I didn't SLEEP with her!" He said, repulsed. Erica turned around quickly. "And why is this suddenly about me? YOU are the one that slept with someone else. I would NEVER do that to you!" Chandler claimed. Erica faced him.

"You didn't sleep with her?" She asked. At the time, Chandler wanted to say he did, just to hurt her. But he wouldn't lie, so he didn't.

"No. I kissed her though. Yes. We kissed. And you know what? I enjoyed it. I enjoyed every bit of it." He said coldly. Erica shrank down. "And personally, with her is where I would rather be right this second. You just, just, go have your baby with your John. Enjoy the life I would have given you." He said with a hurt look in his eyes, and he left.

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Rachel woke up next to Ross. They had rented a hotel room rather than wasting time going to her apartment all the way across town. She sat up slowly, pushing his arm off of herself. Rachel looked at the time, which was 8:07. She was still tired; she had been up all night. Rachel woke Ross up. Usually she wouldn't have done a thing like that, but she wanted to talk to him. In fact, she had never really felt this way before. She found herself wanting to be close to him, touching him, talking to him. Maybe the reason why is because she knew he wanted to be doing the same thing.

"Wake up." She said shaking him lightly. Ross woke up and sat up quickly.

"What?" He said groggily. Rachel laughed a bit. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"Nothing. I just want to talk." She let him know. Ross nodded, but looked at his alarm. "8:00? You woke me up at 8:00 to talk? This is the middle of the night for me!" He said attempting to joke. Rachel laid back down.

"Well?" She asked finally. Ross yawned and laid down right next to her facing her.

"Well what?" He asked with his eyes closed.

"Well was it like you thought it would be?" She asked with a wide grin on her face. Ross opened one eye.

"Everything and more." He said seriously. He leaned in to kiss her softly, and she didn't stop him. both laid there quietly, just staring into one another's eyes.

"Want a shower?" Ross finally asked.

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Joey walked into Central Perk with high hopes. He just prayed that the woman he had met before would be there. He liked her, a lot. She seemed so real compared to all of the fakes e had dated in the past. Joey's hopes were shot hen he saw Central Perk pretty much empty. He walked over to Gunther.

"Hey Gunther, did that blonde woman I was talking to last night come in here?" Joey asked. Gunther looked up.

"Actually yea, she did. She asked if I saw you if I would leave you message." He said looking back down. Joey waited for a moment, and then finally asked.

"Well? What was the message?" Joey asked. Gunther bent down and handed Joey a plate. "Did she leave a name?" Joey asked before looking at the plate. Gunther shook his head, and Joey felt hopeless. He looked down at the plate. The plate had two jelly donuts on it, with a bunch of napkins. Joey laughed as he took the plate to his usual table. The top napkin had writing on it:

"Rule number one of Jelly Donuts: Never eat them without the supervision of a napkin. If you ever have time, don't be a stranger! Call me: 555-9455. Love, Phoebe."

Joey smiled happily and excitedly. That number was the thing he had been waiting for all night! And he wasn't going to waist any time. He walked over to the phone on the counter and started to dial.

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The ringing of the telephone took Phoebe off guard, distracting her from her yoga.

"Hello?" She said calmly into the phone.

"Hi, it's me, Joey Tribbianni? From the coffee house?" He tried to remind her. There was no need to; Phoebe was dancing around excitedly at the idea of Joey calling her back! She finally regained control.

"Oh, yea. I take it you got my message." She said calmly.

"Yea, I did. But, I was just realizing, I never eat both of my donuts, would you like to meet me down here at the coffee house and have one of my donuts?" He asked sincerely.

"I don't know I have-" She began. She thought of Jacob, and then smiled. "You know what? I would love to. I'll be there in about, twenty minutes?" She said happily.

"I'll see you then."

"Bye." Phoebe said in a teasing voice.

"Bye." Phoebe hung up and smiled. She was moving on with life.

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"What's wrong?" She asked worriedly.

"That was Chandler. He's in jail." Ross said quickly. I need to go get him out.

The jailhouse was small, and it was dark, but Rachel and Ross hurried behind a guard who led them to Chandler.

"We just kept him for the night. He was overly drunk and causing a disturbance at a bar." The guard filled them in as he opened Chandler's cell. Chandlers was half asleep on the little gray bunk bed. He sat up.

"Ross? Rach?" He asked, his voice still slightly slurred. Ross walked over quickly and Rachel sat next to him, rubbing his back.

"What happened honey?" Rachel asked.

"Erica's pregnant with someone's-" He paused to hiccup. "Someone's baby." Ross and Rachel shot each other a quick glance.

"Let's finish this conversation in a bit." Ross suggested as he helped Chandler up."

Once out of the jail, Ross let Chandler borrow his sunglasses because the light from the sun behind the winter clouds was hurting his eyes and making his hangover migraine worse. Ross called a cab and all of them, Chandlers in the middle, climbed in.

"I don't know why she did it. I don't know what I did to make her do it." Chandler said staring into space.

"You didn't do anything, sweetie. It was her fault all the way. You guys weren't even on a break or anything and she cheated on you." Rachel comforted. (lol, the break)

"Yea, she was totally in the wrong. What do you think you are going to do?" Ross asked. Chandler looked out the window.

"I want to see Monica." Chandler informed them. "I love her." He finished.

"Chandler, that's the alcohol talking, don't say that." Rachel said sternly. Chandler looked at her.

"No, I love her." Chandler repeated. Rachel backed down. "Driver? Take me to Monica's." He slurred. The driver looked at Ross for clarification, who pointed to Rachel.

"9301 SW 90th, Please." Rachel finished.

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Joey sat down waiting for a few moments, when he heard his beeper go off. He looked at it, and it was the set stating: 911, which meant they needed him right away. He hurried over to the phone to straighten things up. He punched in the digits and waited.

"Marv? Yea hi, it's Joey. What's the problem?" He began. "Can't I come in later, I'm a little busy." He waited. "I know this is my career but I have something very important to do right now!" He finished. He sighed as he listed to his director yell at him from the other line. "I'll be right down." Joey said before hanging up. He walked over to Gunther and put on his coat.

"Look, Gunther, I have this really important thing to go to and I need you to tell the blonde, her name is Phoebe, that I need to take a rain check and that it wasn't her, can you do that?" He asked. He wanted to call her, but if there was one thing Joey wasn't good at it was breaking things off. Gunther nodded as he wiped off the counter. And Joey left.

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Phoebe entered the Central Perk all smiles, ready to see Joey. She looked around seeing that he was nowhere, and she walked up to Gunther.

"Excuse me, has the guy I'm supposed to be meeting shown up yet?" She asked. Gunther looked at her, as if trying to remember.

"He did, but then he left. You're Phoebe, right?" He asked. Phoebe nodded. "He said to say he doesn't want a rain check and that is was because of you." He said, not sounding so sure. Phoebe looked at him strongly, and walked to go sit on the couch, he heart was broken.

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